Systems and methods for detecting and tracking humans in captured images
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12094130
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting and tracking humans. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for detecting and tracking humans from one image to another image including: a camera; a control circuit configure to: receive a first image; detect a plurality of key body joints of a first human captured on the first image; determine segmentations of the plurality of key body joints to determine one or more body parts of the first…
System, method, and computer readable medium for improving ecommerce search ranking via query-price affinity values
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12093988
A result ranking system can include a computing device that is configured to obtain a plurality of items based on a query and a value corresponding to each item of the plurality of items. The computing system can also be configured to retrieve a value distribution corresponding to the query and generated based on customer interaction data. The computing system can also, for each item of the plurality of items, determine a feature value based on the value distribution and the…
Systems and methods for receiving retail products
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12090911
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to receiving retail products. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving retail products including a storage container. The storage container includes one or more chambers; one or more sensors including at least a radio frequency sensor; a locking assembly; and a storage container control circuit configured to provide an unlock signal based on a first trigger signal associated with at least one of…
Methods and apparatus for generating planograms
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086867
In some examples, a system may be configured to, based on the data characterizing the shelf portion of a shelf-peg modular, the item data and the draw strategy data, implement a first set of modular placement optimization operations that generate a first modular dataset of the shelf portion of the shelf-peg modular. Furthermore, the system may be configured to, based at least on data characterizing the peg portion of the shelf-peg modular, and the modular data of the shelf portion,…
Systems and methods for auditing registers
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086780
This application relates to systems and methods for auditing registers. In some examples, a system comprises registers, a recycling device, handheld computing devices, and retailer computing devices. The retailer computing devices may be configured to store a decision model, receive a calculated monetary position and activity data for one of the registers, generate a first associate record based at least on the decision model and one or more of the calculated monetary position and the…
System and method for augmented reality loading
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086763
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for using augmented reality to improve loading, and in particular improve loading when the types and order of items to be loaded is unknown. A server uses information regarding the packages which have already been stored in a storage area to generate a virtual map of where the stored packages currently are placed. Upon receiving information indicating a subsequent package is going to be stored, the server can identify the best place…
Flexible store fulfillment
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086747
Aspects described herein relate to a flexible order fulfillment management system that utilizes predefined fulfillment workflows including common business processes. By utilizing predefined workflows including common business processes, the order fulfillment management system is able to drive store-based fulfillment programs efficiently as multiple fulfillment workflows may utilize the same common business processes and a single fulfillment management system may operate workflows in…
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12084824
Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central…
System having robotic workstation
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12084281
An apparatus is disclosed including a robotic system having a robotic picking workstation, tote storage and retrieval and transit decks. The system has bots that autonomously transport totes from the storage and retrieval system to the robotic picking workstation via the transit decks. The robotic picking workstation may have a picking lane where a robotic handler transports eaches from totes on the bots to order totes in the workstation. The robotic picking workstation further has a…
Systems and methods to allocate unmanned aircraft systems
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12080179
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to allocate unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Some embodiments, provide UAS allocation systems, comprising: a UAS database that stores for each registered UAS an identifier and corresponding operational capabilities; an allocation control circuit configured to: obtain a first set of multiple task parameters specified by a first customer and corresponding to a requested first predefined task that the customer is…
Seasonality score systems and methods
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12079855
Systems and methods for generating and using seasonal affinity scores is disclosed. A set of user-specific historical transaction data is obtained and a user-specific affinity score including at least one of a user-specific season affinity score or a user-specific seasonal theme affinity score is determined by determining one or more product affinity scores for a set of product taxonomies and combining the one or more product affinity scores with one or more product index scores to…
Methods and apparatus for electronically determining item pricing
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12079831
This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing prices for items for sale in stores or online such as to clear inventor of the items. In some examples, a computing device employs artificial intelligence, such as machine learning models, to determine the pricing of the items. For example, the computing device may employ a forecasting model that determines a forecasted demand for an item based on store inventory and experimental sales of the…
Systems and methods for altering a graphical user interface
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12079455
A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage devices storing computing instructions that, when executed to run on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving in-session user activity entered into on a graphical user interface (GUI) from a user electronic device of a user; generating, using a predictive algorithm, a ranked list of one or more likely intents of the user to perform one or more…
Systems and methods for generating query suggestions
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12079279
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to generating query suggestions. In some embodiments, a system for generating query suggestions for retail may comprise a database comprising a query index, the query index comprising a search tree having a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a query and one or more query scores for the query, and a control circuit coupled to the database and configured to receive a query prefix from a user…
Distributed autonomous robot interfacing systems and methods
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12076864
Described in detail herein is an automated fulfillment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit…
System and method for adjusting the opening of containers to avoid damage to contents
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12070870
First scanned images of the first container are received from a scanning device that show the contents of the interior of the first container before the first container is cut and opened. Second scanned images that are of the contents of the first container after the first container is cut and opened are also received. The images are analyzed and, based upon the analysis, selective modifications to the operating parameters of the container opening machine are determined and made.
Systems and methods for forecasting campaign parameters using machine learning architectures and techniques
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073441
A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform: training a machine learning model using one or more training features, wherein each training feature of the one or more training features is segmented in a respective group of one or more groups by a respective time period; executing, after training the machine learning model, the machine learning model to…
Systems and methods for contextual targeting optimization
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073432
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform: receiving a taxonomy identifier corresponding to a taxonomy for a product; determining taxonomy embeddings based on the taxonomy identifier, the taxonomy embeddings representing at least a first level of the taxonomy and a second level of the taxonomy; modifying taxonomies based on a threshold to reduce…
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073349
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis are discussed.
Tote handling for chilled or frozen goods
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12071306
An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.
